R C DHIMAN WIMCO SEEDLINGS KASHIPUR ROAD, RUDRAPUR UDHAM SINGH
Transcript of R C DHIMAN WIMCO SEEDLINGS KASHIPUR ROAD, RUDRAPUR UDHAM SINGH
EVOLUTION OF POPLAR BASED AGROFORESTRY(PBAF) IN INDIA
R C DHIMANWIMCO SEEDLINGS KASHIPUR ROAD, RUDRAPURUDHAM SINGH NAGAR, UK, INDIA
PBAF IN INDIA
• 20 MILLION SAPLINGS PLANTED • PRCTISED BY 0.25 MILLION
FARMERS• PRACTISED ON 0.25 MILLION HA
FARM AREA• BASED ON TWO DOZENS CLONES
INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED AND INTRODUCED
EVOLUTION OF PBAF• TRADITIONAL PBAF PRACTISED IN
HILLS FOR CENTURIES• COMMERCIAL PBAF PRACTISED
FOR THREE DECADES NOW• COMMERCIAL PBAF BEING
PRACTISED IN PLAINS NEAR FOOT HILLS AND BASED ON POPULUS DELTOIDES
EVOLUTION OF PBAF• 1977:WIMCO PLANTED 350 SAPLINGS FIRST
TIME ON 3 FARMER’S FIELDS• CREATED AF DIVISIONWITH 350 STAFF• STARTED CHARGING Rs.01/SAPLING IN 1981
AND Rs. 0.20/SAPLING IN 1983• WIMCO SEEDLINGS LTD. WAS ESTABLISHED
FOR FOCUSSED POPLAR RESEARCH AND DEV.IN 1984
• REFINANCE SCHEME WITH NATIONALISED BANKS IN 1984 AND CONTINUED TILL 1995
• 3CLONES IN 1995 AND 6 NEW CLONES IN2000 WERE RLEASED FOR PLANTING BY FARMERS
• 5 NEW CLONES SENT FOR REGISTRARTION TO IPC IN 2007 AND BEING PROMOTED NOW.
EVOLUTION OF PBAF OVER TIME
G48, UDAI, W22, W32, W39, S7C15, S7C8, ST121
BLOCK,BOAND-ARY
UP, UK, PB, HR, RAJ., BIHAR
2000….
G48, UDAI, S7C15, S7C8, L-34, ST121
MAINLY BLOCK
UP, PB, HR,RAJ.
1990-00
G3,G48,ST121BLOCKUP, PB, HR1980-90
G48,G3,IC,ST121
BLOCKUP,PB, HR1970-80
CLONESPLANTI-NGS
STATES COVERED
PERIOD
STATUS OF CROPS GROWN
97.73215CROPS GROWN
90.00198CROPS GROWN BOTH SEASONS
7.7317SUMMER CROPS NOT GROWN
2.275CROPS NOT GROWN
100220SAMPLE SIZE
PERCENTNo.ITEM
INTENSITY OF GROWING CROPS IN PBAF
0.0002.27580.0000.0009
1.36311.362574.09951.8211469.552183.181835
15.913593.18205434.557695.91211384.0918596.82213280.4517796.362121
SUMMER(No./%)WINTER(No./%)AGE
MAJOR CROPS INTEGRATED WITH POPLAR
• WHEAT- 51.67%• SUGARCANE 29.81%• FODDER 6.75%• MAIZE 2.69%• BAJRA/JAWAR 1.97%• PADDY- 1.49%• GREEN MANURING 1.14%• OTHERS 4.68%
PBAF IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR ALL: THE FARMERS, THE INDUSTRY, THE STATE, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ETC. ETC